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Review of Savage Harvest 2: October Blood
February, 2008
Story:
A group of teens go to the same farm where the gruesome murders occurred in the first SAVAGE HARVEST.
Comments:
A double-bang of events occur at the beginning of SH2, starting with Ashley, who's sister Mikki survived the first movie, receiving a video with Mikki in front of the camera, covered in blood, crying for her sister's help before committing suicide. Next, we're outside a movie set where we meet Tyge, who's just experienced a terrible accident on set, claiming the lives of one of his actors. With the death weighing on his mind, and the suicide of Mikki on Ashley's mind, they both end up back in the same town where the murders took place and ironically they run into each other at a restaurant in town. That's when we come to find that they were high school sweethearts and haven't talked in a decade, since their graduation. Tyge says something that kinda freaks Ashley out, so she leaves as his friend Deke comes out and explains what happened to Mikki, and a bunch of other people from town, who ironically died around the same time.
Back at Deke's place, he and Tyge go into Deke's roommate's room and find a box with a few of the animal rocks and a folder explaining what they all mean. Come to find out, also ironically, that Zack's uncle owned the ranch where all the kids from the first movie died.
Tyge and Ashley end up going back to the entrance to the farm, and before they get too far down the main road, Ashley has a vision of her sister, covered in blood, which freaks her out and they leave.
Back at Ashley's place, she's having visions of Mikki again, only this time in the TV. So Ashley, Tyge, Deke and Zack decide to go back to the farm house to investigate, and that's when the fun starts as they find the man rock and all hell breaks loose.
This time around I have to say that this movie really focused more on the story from the first, almost mirroring it to try to explain everything, as if the person watching this movie hadn't watched the first. It does however tell a little more about the story, and although it takes a long time for anything awesome to happen, it packs a punch, much like the first film. I would honestly say that the first film had better FX, but this movie had some pretty cool kill scenes, which I always enjoy seeing. Toss in Eric Stanze as Zack, who turned in a great acting job, and SCRAPBOOK's Emily Haack who did a great job of her role as Ashley, and you’ve got a better group of actors with a little more talent than the cast of the first film.
Much like the first film, this movie, in my opinion, is for true horror fans. All you mainstream horror geeks probably won't see this movie or the original as anything special, but for you gorehounds, this move is pretty damn cool.
Final Comments:
I don't think I can say I liked it as much as the original, but this movie is pretty good as far as micro-budget indie horror films go. Not a bad run for Jason Christ (actor, producer, writer, editor, etc. etc. etc.), who keeps to the original story, which so few directors do in sequels.
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